Kamidana (神棚, lit. 'god/spirit-shelf') are miniature household altars provided to enshrine a Shinto kami. They are most commonly found in Japan, the home... 6 KB (530 words) - 03:27, 21 August 2023 |
of nature and prominent landscape locations. The kami are worshipped at kamidana household shrines, family shrines, and jinja public shrines. The latter... 124 KB (15,701 words) - 12:16, 5 May 2024 |
Japan. They are usually found adorning doorways, shrine buildings, and kamidana. The origins of shide are traced to the yūshide, a thread made from the... 3 KB (306 words) - 02:00, 20 April 2024 |
artifacts. The term kamiza means "place of honor" and a related term, kamidana refers to the shrine itself. Other artifacts may be displayed throughout... 8 KB (851 words) - 16:35, 29 March 2024 |
butsudan ownership can often fall below 60%. Gohonzon (Nichiren Buddhism) Kamidana – analogous concept in Shinto Spirit house Reader (1995:55) notes: "Over... 6 KB (754 words) - 13:56, 3 January 2024 |
house. Nowadays they are usually placed in a household Shinto altar, or kamidana. They are also placed in the tokonoma, a small decorated alcove in the... 5 KB (503 words) - 11:52, 16 April 2024 |
abundance around this time. A kagami mochi is placed on family altars (kamidana) on December 28 each year. Kagami mochi is a New Year's decoration, which... 49 KB (5,174 words) - 12:22, 5 May 2024 |
be photographed. Many, though increasingly fewer households maintain a kamidana or a small Shinto altar shelf. The Shinto version of the kitchen god is... 19 KB (2,149 words) - 20:36, 16 April 2024 |
locations, are thought to be home to the kami. The kami are worshipped at kamidana household shrines, family shrines, and jinja public shrines. The Ryukyuan... 68 KB (7,882 words) - 08:00, 30 April 2024 |
A Shinto Kamidana (household altar) in Japan. Note the shimenawa, a rope demarking the sanctuary area seen above, along the ceiling.... 57 KB (7,321 words) - 18:57, 28 February 2024 |
dividing a Shinto kami to be re-enshrined somewhere else (such as a house's kamidana), and the spirit itself produced by the division. Shrines conduct bunrei... 2 KB (168 words) - 20:10, 31 January 2024 |
for use in Buddhist ceremonies; and many also have Shinto shrines, or kamidana (神棚). When a death occurs, the shrine is closed and covered with white... 29 KB (3,941 words) - 01:18, 12 February 2024 |
as fetishes, and were respectfully placed and kept in household altars (kamidana). Made and used by the BaKongo of western DRC, a nkisi (plural minkisi)... 14 KB (1,743 words) - 13:52, 1 March 2024 |
A Kaharingan mininature shrine, similar to the Japanese Kamidana... 17 KB (2,023 words) - 19:59, 30 April 2024 |
kamidana cannot be installed in the highest point of the house, the Kanji for 'Cloud' is written on a piece of paper and affixed above the kamidana;... 122 KB (13,997 words) - 18:09, 5 May 2024 |
hexagonal jar, flowering plant and phoenix design in overglaze enamel Kamidana (home shrine) with kagamimochi and ofuda Daruma of various sizes Hamaya... 73 KB (7,789 words) - 15:10, 30 April 2024 |
conclusion.: 197 Shinto practitioners also worship at home. This is done at a kamidana (household shrine), on which an ofuda with the name of their protector... 33 KB (4,234 words) - 15:59, 28 April 2024 |
"family kami" (氏神 ujigami). Many Japanese houses still have a shrine (kamidana, kami shelf) where offerings are made to ancestral kami, as well as to... 22 KB (2,740 words) - 11:36, 18 April 2024 |
is 32 m and 4.39 m across at chest height. The hollow is 10 tatami width and contains a small Kamidana. (Click to see the men standing in the hollow.)... 17 KB (1,666 words) - 17:38, 7 April 2024 |
"food offering") are offerings of foods given up to Shinto shrines or kamidana in Japan. The annual festivals carried out at different times of the year... 15 KB (2,020 words) - 02:23, 22 March 2023 |
window-side, followed by the aisle seat and then the middle seat.[citation needed] Butsudan Etiquette in Japan Kamidana Tokonoma Order of precedence v t e... 2 KB (290 words) - 03:49, 15 March 2024 |